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March 27 2008 10 35 AM

Why You Should Give Marriage A Pass

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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:26:47 GM

Laws across the US are not uniform, so be sure you check out the laws in your state if you decide to give . marriage. a pass.. . Increasingly, women are shrugging of being ceremoniously passed from one man (usually their father) to ...

What place does marriage have in the next decade?
Q. Parenting without marriage appears to have become acceptable, as has participating in sexual liberties free from stigmas of past generations. Society functions, and families are still families. What purpose, then, does marriage serve now? Grit, can you not commit without marriage? Seriously.
Asked by moontrikle - Tue Mar 4 20:31:21 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Marriage is an antiquated notion. To look at the role of marriage in the next decade you should examine the roots of marriage in history. It used to be that marriage was about exchanging woman as property - dowry/betrothals - or as political/social manouvering. In some parts of the world this is still true. Marriage has been losing clout over the last century as women have gotten more rights and equality and therefore lost the status of 'property.' In Australia there are commonlaw protections for 'de facto' couples (living together for more than 12 months) which afford a lot of the legal protections of a married couple - in that sense it is legally outdated and barring the religious beliefs - socially outdated as well. As the number of… [cont.]
Answered by John T - Tue Mar 4 22:05:27 2008